Safe

Chicken Buttermilk Biscuit Egg & Cheese

by Jimmy Dean

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0077900003172 · Jimmy Dean · Sandwiches. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0077900003172 · Serving size 1 sandwich (154 g)

The verdict

Chicken Buttermilk Biscuit Egg & Cheese by Jimmy Dean scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 67 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 67-component record, beginning with Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts With Rib Meat, Water, Wheat Flour. That density can include amounts and label fragments, so verify the physical label before relying on ingredient order or completeness. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 67 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
D
Nutri-Score nutrition grade

Computed directly from OpenFoodFacts ingredient data cross-referenced with FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. See our methodology for the scoring formula.

Composite profile score

One verdict from three independent sources

60/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

95/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

D

Nutri-Score front-of-pack nutrition grade

Weighted 50% ingredient safety / 25% processing level / 25% nutrition grade. A dimension with no data for this product (common: source coverage is partial) is dropped and its weight redistributes across the remaining dimensions, so missing data never silently lowers the score. See the full benchmark table.

00003172 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Chicken Buttermilk Biscuit Egg & Cheese label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 67 ing. REG-SPARSE 25% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 15% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-FINISH SALTED CARAMEL BITES · ±0 BOOK-OFF …003172 · July 2026

17 of 67 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 00003172 · Open Food Facts · July 2026. The screening score and flag counts are in the verdict band above. This desk is the provenance stamp, not a second scorecard. Methodology · Read with nearest score peer: SALTED CARAMEL BITES · Nearest score peer is SALTED CARAMEL BITES at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

Within the four-tier shelf-label framework this site publishes, the composite for this product falls in the highest band. That band is defined by a threshold on the derived score alone: it is where labels land once components carrying caution-or-worse registry ratings contribute little or nothing to the deduction. The band is a summary of what the screened registries return for the components that were parsed, so it inherits their coverage gaps — a component absent from both registries neither raises nor lowers the figure. The threshold and the weighting behind it are set out on the methodology page.

This label falls in the fourth Nutri-Score band. The model arrives there when its penalty terms — energy density, sugars, saturated fat, sodium — carry more weight in the calculation than the fibre, protein and produce content it credits. The band covers a wide span of the points scale, so position within it is not visible from the letter alone. The grade reflects the declared nutrition panel and is unrelated to the additive ratings listed below, which come from different bodies applying different criteria.

The declared list is among the longer ones in this catalogue. A component set this wide means the screen returns many individual ratings, and the composite accumulates a large number of small contributions instead of turning on a handful of entries. At this length the per-component table below is substantially more informative than the single figure, because the figure compresses a great deal of variation into one number.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Chicken Buttermilk Biscuit Egg & Cheese: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Chicken Buttermilk Biscui…95/1002. SALTED CARAMEL BITES: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. SALTED CARAMEL BITES95/1003. salted caramel bites: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. salted caramel bites95/1004. Balsamic vinaigrette premium dressing: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Balsamic vinaigrette prem…95/1005. Chicken sausage links, applewood smoke: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Chicken sausage links, ap…95/100
High-band neighbours for Chicken Buttermilk Biscuit Egg & Cheese (95/100) outside Jimmy Dean.
Chart values as text

Unit: PlainFoodSafe screening score out of 100. Data current as of July 2026.

Chicken Buttermilk Biscuit Egg & Cheese
95/100
SALTED CARAMEL BITES
95/100
salted caramel bites
95/100
Balsamic vinaigrette premium dressing
95/100
Chicken sausage links, applewood smoke
95/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 1,373 products we've scored in the Sandwiches category, the average safety score is 88.9/100. Chicken Buttermilk Biscuit Egg & Cheese scores 6.1 points above that category average (95/100 vs. 88.9/100), so it is a comparatively strong pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Sandwiches products

Chicken Buttermilk Biscuit Egg & Cheese lists 67 ingredients on its label

67 85th percentile a longer ingredient list than 85% of the 1,215 products we track

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Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more products. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Distribution as text

1,215 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 67 (85th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

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Source Open Food Facts, product label ingredient lists · July 2026

Ingredient-list length is a descriptive property of the label, not a safety rating. A longer list is not automatically worse and a shorter one is not automatically better; the count is shown so the label can be placed against a comparable population. The comparison here runs against the 1,215 Sandwiches products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 67 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts With Rib Meat
2
Water
3
Wheat Flour
4
Enriched Wheat Flour
5
Enriched With Niacin
6
Reduced Iron
7
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
9
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
10
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
11
Chicken Broth
12
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
13
Extractives Of Black Pepper
14
Extractives Of Paprika
15
Garlic Powder
16
Leavening
17
Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
18
Sodium Bicarbonate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
19
Modified Food Starch
20
Natural Flavor
21
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
22
Sodium Phosphates
23
Spices
24
Celery Seed
25
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
26
Tricalcium Phosphate
27
Wheat Gluten
FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
28
Yeast
29
Yeast Extract
30
Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour
31
Bleached Wheat Flour
32
Malted Barley Flour
33
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
34
Thiamin Mononitrate
35
Palm Oil
36
Buttermilk
37
Soy Fiber
38
Sodium Aluminum Phosphate
39
Monocalcium Phosphate
40
Natural And Artificial Butter Flavor
41
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
42
Preservative
43
Datem
Emulsifier
Safe
44
Natural And Artificial Sautéed Butter Type Flavor
45
Whole Eggs
46
Nonfat Milk
47
Soybean Oil
48
Corn Starch
49
Xanthan Gum
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved
50
Butter
51
Lipolyzed Butter Oil
52
Natural And Artificial Flavors
53
Milk
54
Cream
55
Cheese Culture
56
Citric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Safe GRAS
57
Color Added
58
Enzymes
59
Potassium Citrate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
60
Sodium Citrate
61
Sorbic Acid
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
62
Soy Lecithin
63
Tetrasodium Pyrophosphate
64
Egg
65
Soy
66
Wheat
67
Bioengineered Food Ingredients

Full Ingredient List

Breaded Chicken Patty: Boneless skinless chicken breasts with rib meat, water, wheat flour, enriched wheat flour (enriched with niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), caramel color, chicken broth, dextrose, extractives of black pepper, extractives of paprika, garlic powder, leavening (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate), modified food starch, natural flavor, salt, sodium phosphates, spices (including celery seed), sugar, tricalcium phosphate, wheat gluten, yeast, yeast extract, vegetable oil. Buttermilk Biscuit: Water, enriched bleached wheat flour (contains bleached wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), palm oil, dried buttermilk, soy fiber, sugar, leavening (sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate), sodium bicarbonate, dextrose, salt, natural and artificial butter flavor, potassium sorbate (preservative), DATEM, natural and artificial sautéed butter type flavor, xanthan gum. Fully Cooked Egg Patty: Whole eggs, nonfat milk, soybean oil, modified corn starch, salt, xanthan gum, natural and artificial butter flavor (soybean oil, butter, lipolyzed butter oil, natural and artificial flavors), citric acid. Pasteurized Process American Cheese: Milk, water, cream, cheese culture, citric acid, color added, enzymes, potassium citrate, salt, sodium citrate, sorbic acid (preservative), soy lecithin, tetrasodium pyrophosphate. Contains: Egg, milk, soy, wheat. Contains bioengineered food ingredients.

Other products containing Natural And Artificial Sautéed Butter Type Flavor

Natural And Artificial Sautéed Butter Type Flavor is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 3 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Sandwiches Breakfast sandwich

High-score cross-brand comparables for Chicken Buttermilk Biscuit Egg & Cheese

Neighbours outside Jimmy Dean with screening scores in the same high band as Chicken Buttermilk Biscuit Egg & Cheese (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Jimmy Dean; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Chicken Buttermilk Biscuit Egg & Cheese's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 67-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Chicken Buttermilk Biscuit Egg & Cheese's 1 flagged ingredients with a product from the same score neighbourhood. Compare labels
  • Check how caution flags contribute to the derived screening score before drawing a dietary conclusion. Read the method

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0077900003172: product data from Open Food Facts (July 2026). Screening from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine where attached. Figures are computed from those sources, not editor-typed. Methodology. Reference only, not dietary or medical advice.